On Tuesday evening, January 12, 2009, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit the country of Haiti. There are reports of mass destruction on a catastrophic level. As devastating as this disaster is, it is compounded by the fact Haiti is the poorest country in the Western hemisphere.
Over the past two years, BUSES International has been praying about and working on getting one of our mobile clinics on the ground in Haiti to minister to the poor and the thousands of people in need of medical care. Back on November 10, 2009, we hosted Pastor Jean Martin Etienne from Agape Mission in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. After communicating with him for several months, he visited our headquarters here in Lorain, Ohio. He came highly recommended by one of our ministry friends and we were thoroughly impressed by his humble nature, his heart after God and his passion to help his people. BUSES International made plans to build a Mobile Medical / Dental Clinic for Pastor Jean Martin and Agape Mission in Haiti. We are currently working to raise the necessary funds for construction.
After 3 days of hearing nothing, we finally heard that Pastor Jean Martin Etienne and his family are alright. Their house collapsed, but they are not injured. They are located at the epicenter of the earthquake and have lost everything!